He can't wait...neither can I!

I was watching The Answer Man and while it was a rather forgettable movie (except for Lauren Graham...she is never forgettable...i love her!!) there were several quotes that stood out at me. I'll probably post them later, but there is one in particular that continues to move my heart and I wanted to blog about it.
Background: The two main characters, Lauren Graham and "The Answer Man" are having dinner and she starts to go to shame while sharing a piece of her story.

LG: "What do you want to hear? That I'm so freaked. That I'm not doing everything I can. That I'm so freaked out all the time? That I'm afraid that I'm not doing enough and that fear is turning me into someone I don't want to be and I can't stop it. You have no idea what it's like to be pulled all the time...by this idea that I am not doing enough. That I am not enough."

TAM: "He knows. And He wants you to know that you are enough and so much more. You are here so that God can experience the world through your eyes. See what you see. Feel what you feel. Everyday He can't wait to see what you'll do. What makes you laugh. What moves you. He can't wait. Everyday through you He falls in love with the world all over again. ...You are His muse."

His answer to her still brings tears to my eyes. It reminds me of what a great God I have. It speaks volumes of His love for me. What an amazing God I have that He loved me before I was born. He loved me when I was born. He loved me when I was lost and then found. He is loving me on my journey. He "can't wait to see what [I'll] do." He wants to see what I see, and feel it with me, He wants to laugh with me and cry with me. He can't wait. He can't wait to live life with me. And no matter how small I feel or how much I let my fears run over me He is there every morning. He is there to greet me in the morning and invite me to live with Him. My life is beauty to Him.

He can't wait...neither can I. :-)

The picture above is a reminder of a "beauty moment". I remember running along the beach, laughing, kicking up the sand, collecting little nick-nacks along the way, running into the water and back out again...etc. I remember seeing lots of these duney things (yes, I have dubbed them "duney things") and wanting to run up one, but my fear of heights keeping me from doing it. Finally after my playful heart kept longing to run up one I decided to "screw" my fear and "just do it". I took off and ran as fast as I could and gave a loud "YES!!" when I was at the top.

I was standing on top of my fear and looking out on the most beautiful beach scenery I hadn't been able to enjoy from ground level. I stood there with the biggest smile on my face just taking it all in. There is a scene in a favorite movie of mine called "Fearless" where a small Chinese village would stop planting their rice when the wind would blow and stand up straight, close their eyes, open their arms, and breathe it all in. It's a beautiful scene that has always stayed in my heart and so there in that moment I closed my eyes, stretched out my arms and breathed in the salty freshness. Beauty. This picture was taken some time during all this. It's a good "beauty moment" for me. A moment I don't ever want to forget.